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The Centaur Renderings

The Centaur Renderings is an excellent case study on another use for architectural renderings. The developer is rehabbing an older building, turning it into upscale apartments. The exterior wasn’t changing much; however, it wasn’t a very photogenic building. My objective was to build the existing structure and “make it pretty.”

There might be some interior renderings coming, but I am waiting for approval from the developer and his partners. If those get done I’ll add them to this post, so check back.

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Bobby Parker 5/21/21 Bobby Parker 5/21/21

1522 Hardwood Rendering

Summer is right around the corner, at least on this side of the globe. I live and work in upper Minnesota, and we basically skip Spring and go from Winter to Summer, so a pool is a great thing to illustrate. We went from the 30s and snow a few weeks ago to the promise of the 80s around the corner.

The 1522 Hardwood rendering has a great endless pool that I would love to be in soon. The house is beautiful, with a lot of windows to let that Summer sun in.

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Bobby Parker 5/11/21 Bobby Parker 5/11/21

Fairfax for Juliet Rendering

Like the title says, this architectural rendering is for Juliet. The potential buyer wanted to see what could be her house on her site. The designer sketched out an elevation, I built the model based on that sketch, and now the potential homeowner can get excited.

Architectural renderings can help you sell your idea and get your client excited about your product.

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Bobby Parker 5/4/21 Bobby Parker 5/4/21

House 2992 Rendering

The naming convention for this client is House, followed by the square footage. So, I introduce to you House 2992.

My client requested an alternate color version, which was to be rustic. I received some inspirational photos for both the white and rustic versions, along with a quick sketch of the site, which included a black fence, curved gravel road, and a shoreline.

About 90% of my house renderings have been white, so it was nice to work on something not white. Which one do you like better and why? Please, leave your comment below.

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Bobby Parker 4/16/21 Bobby Parker 4/16/21

7123 Fairfax House Rendering

My daughter’s friend walked into my office and said, “nice house!”. I would agree, it is a lovely house, and the renderings turned out great. I think the stone might change, but I am waiting on word about that.

This one is an excellent example of why I don’t work from ideas without drawings. The drawings didn’t work, as far as the stairs coming down to the drive. I was told to “make it work”; however, if I get a comment about changing the stairs that I did work on, there could be a lot of work since the site isn’t flat. The civil plan on this didn’t work either, so I had to make that work, too. I guess my point is, it isn’t my job to make things work, and if I do “make it work”, what I do is correct, and any changes would have to be quoted per hour, which is in my contract.

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Bobby Parker 4/7/21 Bobby Parker 4/7/21

4 Ellen's Way House Renderings

I do love helping investors market their properties. When they are not built yet, or like 4 Ellen’s Way house renderings, they are remodeling and not ready yet. When Spring hits, you need to get these on the market, or you can miss out on a sale.

The site is tight, so I couldn’t stand back much, but I think these views tell the story well.

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Bobby Parker 4/2/21 Bobby Parker 4/2/21

Sullivan Residence Renderings

I have told the story before, but I am old enough to repeat the same story repeatedly.

A while ago, I received a call from a Canadian design firm. He saw my work online, loved it, and wanted to find out my story. After a few conversations, the cost came up, and we agreed on numbers. Now, if someone from Canadian hires me, they pay a premium because of the money conversion. I really felt appreciated when I was hired knowing this, and it has been a long relationship that has worked well for both sides.

The Sullivan Residence Renderings are our most recent project, which will be one of many this year. I do a few dozen homes for this builder a year.

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Bobby Parker 3/31/21 Bobby Parker 3/31/21

Aerion Park Airport Renderings

I am often pigeon-held into house renderings. I have been doing house renderings since the late ’80s, so it is smack-dab in the middle of my wheelhouse. However, I do many other things, from product renderings to high-rises, hotels, mixed units, apartments, and even airports, like these Aerion Park renderings.

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Bobby Parker 3/27/21 Bobby Parker 3/27/21

Nantucket Classic Cottage Renderings

There will be a series of these cottages, but to tell you the truth, I went rogue on this one. I'll have to do another version for my client, which will be a lot less involved. The brief didn't have a site or landscape plan and basically, I was told to put the cottage on a flat area with some bushes behind it. I started off in that direction, but I wasn't wowed, so I strayed from the brief a little.

I also played with color grading, pretty heavy, which I don't usually do on client work. I'll share these with my client, but I'll include something closer to what he requested. The goal was to not take away from the architecture.

Below is the client version. I think it still might be too much garden, but as I said, there was no landscape or site plan. The brief was, “don’t do anything that takes away from the architecture”. However, as you see, there isn’t much architecture as it is.

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Bobby Parker 3/23/21 Bobby Parker 3/23/21

Mansion Renderings

A while ago, I was approached by a developer from up-state New York to do some architectural renderings. I remember that our first phone conversation ended in a stalemate. He wanted too little, and I wanted too much (so he thought), so we hung up the phone, and we went our separate way.

The developer was gauging my fee on his budget, which is pretty standard for people to think makes sense (it doesn't). He was sending his work to China, paying pennies on the dollar, and getting low-quality renderings. Having said that, I really liked this home and the other ones he did, so I spend the evening praying, called him the next day, and we settled on a fee that worked for both of us. I ended up doing a dozen or so houses of this size and complexity with him; the house's crisis hit, and I haven't heard from him since.

I learned from this project that I can be flexible on my fee if I really want to do the project. Still to this day, I get compliments on these projects, and I also use them as an example that all projects are unique. I often get people wanting an average price on a single-family house. I tell them that I can't give arbitrary numbers; this 40 thousand square foot house is a single-family house, so what does a single-family mean to them?

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. If you want to see more of these mansions, you can see them on my website.

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